Karthik Natarajan
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the Columbia University Medical Center
Overview
Dr. Karthik Natarajan is an assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Columbia University. He is the co-director of the Biomedical Informatics Resource at the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and holds operational responsibilities overseeing some clinical applications at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH). He is also an active member of the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) collaborative and oversees the local instances of OHDSI at Columbia and NYPH.
Dr. Natarajan's research interests are focused on operationalizing clinical informatics solutions. His specific area of interest is in applying scalable information retrieval and text processing methods on clinical data in order to build applications that will support both health professionals and researchers.
Dr. Natarajan received his BS in computer science at the University of Texas at Austin. After working in the technology sector, he went on to obtain his PhD in biomedical informatics at Columbia University.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the Columbia University Medical Center
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- PhD, Columbia University